Two high-ranking officials from an oil company in Sweden are now facing a trial in Stockholm. They are being accused of being involved in war crimes that were said to have been carried out by the Sudanese government over twenty years ago.
Ian Lundin was the boss of his family’s company, Lundin Oil, and Alex Schneiter was his second-in-command in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
They say that they requested the Sudanese government to protect a part of the country in South Sudan where they wanted to work. This resulted in local people being forced out of their villages by setting them on fire and shooting some of them.
South Sudan broke away from Sudan in 2011 and got control of most of the oil fields.
Both Mr Lundin and Mr Schneiter say they didn’t do what they’re being accused of, and they think that the prosecution doesn’t have enough proof to support their case.
According to the AFP news agency, the trial is going to be the largest ever in Sweden and comes after a long investigation that resulted in an 80,000-page report.
Closing arguments are set to happen in February 2026, according to the report.
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Swedish oil executives undergo persecution over war crimes in Sudan
